Unparalleled Concubine

  Chapter 377

  The process of meeting his mother-in-law went very smoothly. After all, Li Xin's current condition, even among many concubines, was one of the best.

   Of the nine daughters of the late emperor, which princess' consort could be a servant in the Ministry of War? Which princess' concubine is a marquis?

   The empress dowager only regrets that there is no way for Xiaojiu and Li Xin to get married immediately.

   Because the mourning period has not passed.

   Originally, according to the rules, the nine princesses had to observe filial piety for three years and were not allowed to get married, but there was a special case in Dajin. When the marriageable age was reached, the emperor granted permission to shorten this time.

  Even so, one must observe filial piety for a full year at the earliest, and after the end of filial piety, one must go to the mausoleum of the late emperor to explain the situation, and only after offering sacrifices can they get married.

  The first emperor was buried in the twelfth lunar month of last year, which means that under the fastest circumstances, the nine princesses would not be able to get married until five months later, and they could not get married just one year later. That would be too deliberate.

  It will probably take until the middle of the second year of Taikang before the Ninth Princess can marry Li Xin.

   In addition, because the 8 Taikang emperor has only sons and no daughters, this empress dowager has no granddaughter. The little Zhong Xiaoxiao is very fond of the empress dowager, and she is not willing to put it down in her arms.

   In the afternoon, Li Xin was going to leave the Kunde Palace, and the Empress Dowager said that Zhong Xiaoxiao would stay behind.

   After obtaining the consent of Zhong Xiaoxiao herself, she stayed in the palace with the Ninth Princess for a few days.

   Around Shin Shih in the afternoon, Li Xin left the imperial city alone.

   Grand Marquis Li had nothing to do with him, he walked around in Yonglefang and went to the back door of Chen Guogong's mansion.

   This was the first time he came to Chen Guogong's mansion, and he didn't bring any wine.

   Young Master Ye Mao, soon came to the back door to welcome him. After seeing Li Xin, he pulled Li Xin's sleeve and forced a smile: "When did Brother Li come back, why didn't he go through the front door?"

  Li Xin frowned: "Why is the little prince so frowning?"

   Ye Mao was a little listless, and while leading the way in front, he said, "The fourth uncle left the capital a few months ago, and now I am the only one in the Ye family who has nothing to do, like a rice bug, doing nothing."

Ye Mao was born in the 11th year of Shengong, and now he is 21 or 2 years old. This age is already fully grown up. His peers in the capital generally have a place to go, but he is the only one who is still there. At home, it is bound to be unhappy.

   Shen Gong is one of the era names of Emperor Xianwu...

  It is worth mentioning that the Emperor Taikang, who has been passed down from the Great Jin Dynasty to today, is already the eighth generation of emperors. The emperors of all dynasties have only one era name, but Emperor Wu is not.

  At the beginning of Emperor Wu's ascension to the throne, the era name was Sui Gong. For four years, the World War began. This war lasted for eight years. In the 12th year of Sui Gong, the world returned to Jin, and Emperor Wu unified the four seas. Therefore, Yuan Shen Gong was changed.

The young master sighed and continued: "I knew earlier that when His Majesty asked me to do that Qianniu Guardian, I would just grit my teeth and do it, and I wouldn't be stuck at home now and can't go anywhere. ."

   Having said this, the young man gritted his teeth and said, "Even Hou Jingde's son, Hou Ying, is now working in the Imperial Army. In the entire capital, I am the only one who has no future."

   Li Xin laughed: "Little Master, if you told me these words, I won't tell the old man for you."

   Ye Mao coughed and his face was a little red.

  The reason why he couldn't go out to do things was because his husband Ye Sheng didn't let him go out. He was complaining about this in front of Li Xin, just because he wanted Li Xin to help him talk things out.

   After all, the old man in his family can't listen to anyone's words, but he attaches great importance to Li Xin's words.

   Ye Mao was dismantled by Li Xin and became angry.

   "Don't say pull it down, go find him yourself, I won't show you the way!"

   This little man turned his head and left.

  Li Xin shook his head and smiled.

   Chen Guogong's mansion has been here many times. Li Xin naturally knows where the old man lives.

   Not long after, he stood at the door of the small courtyard.

   lightly knocked on the door.

   Inside came Old Man Ye's angry voice.

"come in."

  Li Xin walked in with his hands down.

   His name was given to him by Ye Sheng. In a sense, Ye Sheng was already his teacher, but he lacked the title of being a teacher.

   After entering the courtyard, Li Xin entered Ye Sheng's study all the way, smiling.

   "Grandpa, I'm here to see you."

   Ye Sheng looked Li Xin up and down, then patted the table.

   "Some people, when they become high-ranking officials, become less and less particular about it."

   He was complaining that Li Xin did not bring him wine.

   Li Xin laughed and sat opposite the old man.

   "I just came out of the palace, I came in a hurry, I will make it up for my husband next time."

   Old man Ye said disdainfully, "I don't think this old man cares about your wine?"

  Li Xin picked up the tea on the table, poured a cup of tea for the old man, and said with a smile, "My husband is getting old, so he should drink less alcohol, which is not good for his health."

   Ye Sheng sneered.

   "The Marquis of Pingnan, Li Zhijie, never drank alcohol all his life, but this fellow died in his fifties, and the old man was always happy with alcohol. Now there are four out of seventy, and he is still alive and well!"

  Li Xin said helplessly: "Everyone is different, how can we compare like this?"

Ye Sheng picked up the tea on the table, raised his head and took a sip, then said with a smile: "For the past 30 years, this old man has been worried that the Ye family will not last long, so he worked hard to live to this day, and wanted to protect the Ye family for a few more days. Now that the foundation of the Ye family has stabilized, it doesn't matter if there is an old man or not, and it doesn't matter if he lives or not."

During the Chengde Dynasty, if the Ye family didn't have Ye Sheng, it wouldn't necessarily be the end, but after the coup last year, the Ye family's position in the new Dynasty was as stable as Mount Tai, so the old man Ye said that he was irrelevant. .

   Li Xin sighed: "You can't say that, you have to live a hundred years to become successful."

   This is the truth. With Ye Sheng here, he can help Li Xin a lot.

   Old man Ye smiled dumbly, then looked up at Li Xin: "When did you come back?"

"yesterday afternoon."

   "You can really hold your breath, it's been half a year since you left."

   Old man Ye shook his head and sighed with emotion: "At your age, I definitely don't have your determination. At this juncture, it will take more than half a year to leave."

   After a pause, he continued, "This old man thought you should come back in two or three months."

   Li Xin chuckled and said, "In a place of right and wrong like the capital, it takes a day to hide. It's not that His Majesty urged me to return to Beijing three times. I won't come back until the end of the New Year at least."

   Ye Sheng put down the tea cup in his hand and looked up at Li Xin.

   "Your Majesty... What are you doing in such a hurry to find you back?"

   Li Xin chuckled: "My husband has always been a discerning eye, why don't you guess?"

   Ye Sheng's eyes were burning.

   "Your Majesty is in a hurry to take power?"

   In fact, this is not difficult to guess, an emperor who has just ascended the throne, apart from this, there will be no other major events.

   Li Xin smiled and nodded: "My husband is wise."

   Ye Sheng was silent for a while, then said, "It's too urgent."

   "There's no way to be in a hurry."

   Li Xin said softly: "The abolished prince is gone, His Majesty has no sense of security. He is in a hurry to get these things in his hands, lest the abolished prince **** them back."

   said, he put down the teacup in his hand.

   "Grandpa, what has Li Shen been doing for the past six months?"

   (end of this chapter)